Machine for making linter-bats.



No. 889,461. PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

L. W. EASKELL 6: J. DAVIDSON. MACHINE FOR MAKING LINTER BATS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1905. 4

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PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908. U L. W. HASKELL & J. DAVIDSON. MACHINE FOR MAKING LINTER BATS.

APPLICATION rum) JUNE 6. 1905. I I

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No. 889,461. PATBNTED JUNE 2, 1908.

L. W. HASKELL & J. DAVIDSON. MACHINE FOR MAKING LINTER BATS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1905.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

N6. 889,461. PATBNTEDJUNE 2, 1908.

L. w. HASKELL & J. DAVIDSON.

MACHINE FOR MAKING LINTER BATS. APPLIQATION FILED JUNE 6, 1905.

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ing the cotton layer more or less lofty,

STATES PATENT ortion LOUIS w. HASKELL, or NEW YORK, N. Y., Ann JOSEPH DAvInsoN, or ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

' mom r03 uAxme nurse-BATS Specification-d1 Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1908.

Application filed June 6,1906, Serial No. 263,908.

object being to make the bat more uniform.

as to thickness, etc., than heretofore, and to so roll the same with an intervenin separat ing layer of paper or similar materia that the bat can be readily unrolled and laid out in a sheet.-

The invention consists essentially in a novel combination and arrangement of me chanical elements for securing the, object in view, and more particularly in means for regulating the speed of the condenser drum, means for more effectively directing the current of air against a larger part of the condenser drum than has heretofore been the case, means for regulating the width of the sheet of cotton and also its length, means for furnishing an intervening layer of paper or similar material which rolls up with the cotton, means for adjusting the appurtenances of the condenser drum with reference to makand - also in various other details and peculiarities is a side elevation.

in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts, whether used with or without a linting machine, substantially as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying our invention; Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of our improved linter machine. Fig. 2 Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig: 4 is a detail side view of the condenser cylinder. Fig. 5 is a section of a modified form of the machine. Fig. 6 is a side view of this modification.

. Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the different figures of the drawing.

In the ordinary and well-known construcdrawing illustrating tion of linters for use with cotton seed for divesting them of the short cotton fiber adit is customary to employ linting mec hering thereto after the process anism. appurtenant which stri the fiber from the seed, brushes,

as 4, whic take the fiber from the saws and deliver it into a chute, as.3, the latter leading to a revolving cylinder commonly called a condenser, as 1, which is clothed with wire cloth. These parts in general are indicated in the longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 1, though we have not thought it neces-.

sary' to illustrate the details of other mech to and cooperating with the saws, brushes, etc., and neither have we deemed it necessary to indicate with any minuteness the precise construction of the latter. take of a wide variety of forms, and is intended principally as a channel through which the cotton is driven by a blast of air generated by surface of the condenser 1. is mounted on a central shaft 2 and is provided at each end with a flange 9. So, far as our invention is concerned, however, we are not restricted to a combination of our @-improvements with brushes for generating the air blast'and driving the 'cottonagainst the condenser, but the cotton or other fiber might.be subjected to any process which would tear it to pieces and suspend it in the air and drive it against the condenser, as

for instance, a rag picker or similar cleanin device might be used, the linting ma- 7 chlne described and shown is therefore given by way of example only.

Coming now to ments, the bottom 6 of the flue 3 is provided with an upwardly inclined lip or upturned section 7 which will direct the cotton or other fiber u wardly as it passes thereover, and also wit tion 7, to which is hinged a leaf or flap 8, the outer edge of which liesclose to the surface of the condenser 1. Said flap 8 is fastened'in any desired manner so that it may normally occupy the Fig.1. But it can be re eased when desired and drop. ed so as to open the bottom of the flue 3 an permit removal ,of such hard substances or refuse as may have accumulated upon it. This arrangement in the bottom 10.5 o the flue 3 enables the blast to deflect the cotton with reater certainty upward against the surfaceo the condenser 1, and the de ressed area consisting of parts 7 and 8 provi es that there may be a larger ortion of of condenser 1- exposed to the air and to the reception of cotton thereon, and also pro- The fine or air passage 3 may par- 70 the linter brush against the Sai'd condenser75 describe our improvea downwardly inclined secosition shown in the surface more or less compact, and the vides a sort of pocket, of which the hinged flap 8 constitutes the bottom, to receive all heavy particles that .fall down out of the cotton into this ocket, said pocket assisting therefore in c eaniiig the cotton.

Above the condenser 1 is supported a roller 10, the bearings for the journals of the roller being in theside frames 50 (see Fig. 2") mounted on the main frame 51, or other kinds of This roller 10 per orms chiefly the function of a weight restingon the cotton that accumulates on the face of the condenser 1. The supports for the roller 10 may be arranged inany desired manner to permit the roller to be located at a greater or less distance from the surface of the condenser. This enables the sheet of cotton to be made resulting bat to be more or less lofty, as desired.

The layer of condensed cotton which accumulates on the surface of the condenser 1, passes therefrom into and between two smooth rollers43 and 52 journaled horizontally in the main frame of themachine, the roller 43 being vertically above the roller 52. These rollers have a feeding function and feed the cotton forward to the horizontal rollers 44 and 45, which are preferably corrugated or grooved, over which rollers the bat passes and then rolls around and upon the winding mandrel 46 whose journaled ends lie within the vertical slots 53 in the main frame, in which slots said journals travel up accordingly as the bat increases in size as the result of the continued rolling of the cotton on the mandrel 46.

47 indicates a roll of paper supported above the rollers of which we ave just been speakin and from roller 47 the aperasses ownward to the roller 46 an rolls mside of the bat 55, so that the layers of cottonthat are rolled upon the mandrel 46 are separated by the intervening sheet of paper.

cotton do not come directly in contact with each other, and hence the bat 55 is readily unrolled into a flat sheet again when desired, for the paper keeps the different layers of cotton distinct from each other and permits of and also makes a smoother bat.

The speed of revolution of the condenser 1 can be varied so that it will run faster or slower. When it runs slowly the cotton fiber will accumulate more thickly thereon with the result that the bat Willbe more lofty.

Su ported in bearings 56, 56 carried by suit-' ab e arms or brackets as is a horizontal shaft 14 on which is a cone pulley 13 near one end, and near the other end a belt pulley 18. Around the pulley 18 runs a belt 19 which likewise passes around a small pulley 20 on a shaft 21 supported in indicated in .Fig. 3

bearings 22 and carrying the saws 5, see Figs.

su ports may be furnished carries a cone fore, the sp 1s is found to be a great advantage, inas-,

\ much as the diflI'erent layers of wise on the same journal 37 a this unrolling.

' ried 2 and 3. a pulley 23 and a belt 24 passes around it and likewise around-a small pulley 26 on a horizontal shaft 25 carried in bearings 57 and belon ing to the brush 4. tica ly above the condenser'l is a horizontal shaft 11 supported in bearin s 58 on the side frame 59, which are prefer-ab y carried by the side frames 50 above mentioned as sustaining the Weight of the roller 10. Shaft 11 pulley 12, larger than the cone Furthermore, ver- On the saw driving shaft 21 is also pulley 13 and reversely placed with reference thereto so that the two pulleys may coact in conjunction with a belt 15 surrounding both of them. Said belt is shiftable by means of a fork 16 carried by a horizontal bar 17 which slides within sockets 60 on the lateral frames 59 and is held in any desired position of adjustment by any suitable device, as for instance, a locking button or pin, as 61. Thus it will be seen that by means of the cone pulleys the speed of the shaft 11 may be increased or diminished, assuming that the shaft 14 runs at a constant speed. On the outer end of the shaft 11 is a small pulley 27 and a belt 28 passes around it and also around a larger pulley shaft 30 supported in the sideframe of the machine and carryingalongside of the pulley 29 a pinion 31 which engages a gear wheel 32 on a stud projecting from the main frame, said stud carrying also fixed thereon a small pinion 33. This latter inion 33 engages a gear Wheel 34 on the shaft 2 of the condenser 1. In this way power is imparted from the shaft 11 to the condenser. Obviously, thereeed of the condenser may be lessened or increased by a proper shifting of the belt 15 through the action of the beltshifting device 16.

The gear Wheel 34 on the condenser shaft 2 engages and drives a transmission gear 35 on a stud on the main frame, which in turn actuates a pinion 36on one of the journals .37 of the lower feed roller 52, there being likegear wheel 38 which engages and drives a similar Wheel 39 on the journal of the up er feed roller 43. On the oppositejourna of'the lower feed roller 52 is a gear wheel 39 which 29 on the end of a gear enga es an intermediate gear wheel 40 cary a stud on the frame, and ear 40 in turn engages and drives the gear w eel 41 on the journal of the roller 44. Gear Wheel 41 meshes-with an intermediate 62 which engages the teeth of another gear wheel 42 on the journal of the corresponding roller 45. by means of the gearing It 1' be seen that just specified the feed rollers'43 and 52 are positively driven, as also the rollers 44 and 45.

The cotton fiber which passes through the flue 3 and is spread over the surface of the condenser 1 will, under ordinary circumstances, if there are no obstructions on the surface of the condenser, make a uniform and even sheet which will'be more or less lofty, as I'have described, accordingly as the condenser 1 moves faster or slower, an'das the roller is positioned a greater or less distance from the surface of said condenser.

' In this-base .the width-of the sheet would be equal to the width of the condenser between the flanges 9, and its length would depend on the-length of the operation. able often, however, to form the hat of a less width than the width of the condenser, and

' furthermore to separate the cotton sheet into one or more points with a circumferential hand, as 63. In this case the cotton willfail to adhere to the condenser on the line of this.

band or rib because there will be no air blast 5 at this point to hold the. fiber against the condenser, and accordingly while the rest of the .surface of the condenser will be covered with a deposit of fiber of greater or less thickness there will be one or more lines according to the number of circumferential bands which may be-called lines of division,

nd when the sheet of cotton leaves the conenser these lines will permit the sheet to be modification in Figs. 5 and 6, the bat is easily severable. Similarlywe arrange means to enable the cotton to be separated into predetermined lengths by-providing the condenser 1 with a longitudinal rib 64 set into a longitudinal groove 65,. in which, beneath the rib 64, ma if desired, be some spring device as 66. T e rib 64 projects longitudinally on the surface of the condenser in like manner as the circumferential band or rib 63 projects transversely, and accomplishes a similar function, in that it provides a longitudinal line on which the deposit of cotton will fail owing to the absence of the air blast at this point. There may be any number of these longitudinal ribs 64 according to the length which it is desired to form the sheet.

a This rib 64 is easilyremovable from theslot in mills working what is known as the single flue system, that is to say, mills'having two 65so that the entire surface of the condenser may be used for forming one sheet when desired.

Various changes and modifications in the construction and arrangementof the various parts may be made without departing from our invention.- i

We wish to call attention to the fact that or more linting machines connected to one long flue, the cotton being driven through the flues and collected on a large condenser,

we can apply our-invention with the same facilit entire y possible to manufacture the bats on these large condensers with perfect suc- It is desirpaper as in mills of other classes, it being .cess. Therefore, it makes no difference, what the arrangement of the dues may be, or the construction of the linting'machines, or other denser, or the size ofth'e condenser, or the means for conducting the cotton to the conlocation of the fines leading thereto, inas much as all these inventions come within the scope of our improvements.

Certain modifications which we deem of particular-importance are illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6. Here we employ a light wire cloth roller 10 to replace the solid wooden roller 10 which lies on the top of the condenser 1 and serves to make the bat more or less lofty. This 1i ht roller 10 consists preferably of a num other material fitting snugly having a wire cloth folding around the peer of light heads of wood oron a shaft and- 'riphery of these heads or spiders, forming a drum and providing a cylindrical surface through which the air is allowed to percolate in and out. This tends to give a somewhat freer outlet for the air which is crowded into the flue 3 by the action of the brush 4, and.

also causes the bat to be somewhat more lofty, because there is very much less weight a plied to the bat owing to the difference in t e weight of the wood and the wire cloth, The bat thickens up and the air pressure in the lint flue is relieved, causing less lint to be dropped with the motes. Further, in the wound directly from the condenser without the assistance of the feed ro1lers'43 and 52,

and only one corrugated roller is used instead of the pair 44 and 45.

denotes a modified form'of the frame of the machine, having therein vertical slots 71, in which plays the mandrel'7 2, on-which the bat 73 is wound, receiving during this winding the paper sheet 76.

75 denotes the mandrel of the paper roll 74, suitably sup orted, from which the sheet 76 leads and r0 ls into the bat 73.

. 77 indicates a corrugated roller whose shaft '7 8 is suitably journaled in the frame 70 in such a position that the roller 77 rotates in close roXimity to the condenser 1', and also to t e bat 73. Inasmuch as the roll of is mounted above the condenser the paper can easily be directed into the bat,

Winding successfully into the roll as shown in Fig.- 5. The corrugated roll 77 forms, with the condenser, winding rolls between which the winding mandrel 72 for the bat is placed.

This corrugated rol177 has its shaft 78 provided with a pinion 79, which is driven by the intermediate car 80 mounted on a suitable stud on the rame and actuated. by the gear wheel 34 on the shaft 2 of the condenser 1. The intermediate gear Wheel 80 substitutes for the intermediate 35, shownin Fig.v

2. The corrugated roll 77 is driven at the same peripheral speed as the condenser. This arrangement of parts is simpler than ters Patent, is

thatshown in Figs. 1,2 and 3, and is pr0- ductive of excellent results in practice.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim asnew and desire to secure by Let 1. In a linter bat machine, the combination with a grooved condenser cylinder, of a fine through which the fiber passes to the surface of the cylinder, and a removable longitudinal rib set in the groove on said cylinder for determining the division point of the lint deposited thereon.

said groove.

2. In a linter bat machine, the combination with a grooved condenser cylinder ofa flue through which the fiber passes to the surface of the cylinder, a removable longitudinal rib set in said groove, and a'spring device in 3. The combination with a grooved condenser cylinder, of a roller hung above-the same, and a longitudinal jrib removably inserted in the groove in the cylinder and intended to obstruct the deposit of cotton along the longitudinal line in order to enable the easy division of the cotton sheet into convenient lengths. i

4. In a linter bat machine, the combination with a grooved condenser cylinder, of a flue through which the fiber passes to the surface of the cylinder, removable means set in the said groove of the cylinder for the'purpose of determiningthe division point of the lint 'rib in said groove, and means circumferential strips on the deposited thereon, said means including a yie ding device.

-5. In a linter bat machine, the combinak tion with a grooved condenser. cylinder, of "a g of a longitudinal rib retransverse bands en circling the cylinder for preventing a deposit of cotton on one or more transverse ines thereof so that the sheet may 'be easily divisible alon said lines.

Signed at ew York city this 27th day of May, 1905.

LOUIS W. HASKELL. Witnesses:

A. G. STEELE, FRED E. TAsKER. Signed at Atlanta, Ga, June, 1905.

this 1st day of JOSEPH DAVIDSON. Witnesses:

' Tnos. D. XENON, Jr.,

F. E.'Do1)b. 

